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“If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.”

Cold Turkey

I have decided to go cold turkey, nothing heavily processed.
Starting tomorrow - 4th May 2010

Sugar,depression, stress and weight gain

Although I can't prove it and have found no scientific evidence to prove my theory.
I believe that sugar may be the reason for stress and depression not because of the downer after the sugar high, but I believe the body induces the sugar high by using the bodies stored vitamin B's (all or some or one) so this is the reason for the weight spiralling down or up. Vitamin B's from what I can source from the net keep our sugar needs in check**, and also give us energy and allow us to concentrate (so I can understand why so many parents think their little angels might have A.D.D) after consuming sugar as A.D.D children also have depleted vitamin B in their bodies*.
So this means I will have to wean myself off sugar to loose this weight (damn)
Watch this space if anyone is interested in my theory I will start getting reference links. (done)
I would be very happy to hear anyone elses opinion on my little light bulb theory.

*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16846100
**http://www.depression-guide.com/vitamin-b-deficiency.htm

"All B vitamins help the body to convert food (carbohydrates) into fuel (glucose), which is "burned" to produce energy." from source http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/vitamin-b3-000335.htm
" status improves in overweight/obese women following a hypocaloric diet rich in breakfast cereals, and may help in maintaining fat-free mass"
from source http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v32/n10/abs/ijo2008131a.html

So if you are consuming sugar you are using up your vitamin b stores which are also needed to convert other food into energy, up keep of our nervous system, keep depression at bay and help with concentration.
reference "http://www.depression-guide.com/vitamin-deficiency.htm"

I wish the hospital had copied this info and handed it to me before the op!!!!!

http://www.endometriosis.org/laparoscopy.html

Please read this if you are going in for a laparoscopy

At this time yesterday I was getting ready for my operation

I was worried because approximately 9 years ago when I had the same sort of laparoscopy. I was in a lot of pain for a good week and half. I think the differing environmental factors are whats making it easier this time. The pain in my shoulders from the gas they put in you is not too bad when you can keep them heated and still and with panadol and neuophen on hand. I alternate the pain killers every 2 hours.
I have also been taking my own concoction of manuka honey (heals and helps with the tickle you get from that tube being down your throat) and lemon (vitamin c), a "be regular" tea bag (because they say that constipation can be a problem), and cinnamon (dad sent me an email on how good honey and cinnamon is (although there is no evidence of the "study" http://painhealthnews.com/archives/152 I was able to find good links on why honey is good http://bio.waikato.ac.nz/pdfs/honeyresearch/bioactives.pdf and why cinnamon is good http://www.zhion.com/herb/Cinnamon.html
(p.s. this drink tastes way better if filter the cinnamon some way.)
This time round I was able to advise the nurses etc that morphine makes me physically ill and I was better on tramadol. Trying to race to the toilet to throw up non existent food after an operation can't be helpful.
9 years ago I was in a coldish water bed. I had no idea how to get rid of the pain in my shoulders and my boyfriends daughter kept jumping on the bed wanting hugs.
Hubby although no nightingale has been helpful. Also 9 years ago my ovarian tube had twisted over causing no oxygen to my ovary, and they had to separate it from the cyst that had caused it. This time it was to make sure everything was working so we can have children and although the surgeon saw cysts, they was not large and she was not concerned about them.